Sean Martin started gambling on sports when it was legalized in Ohio. He never had an issue with gambling until he had access to it on his cellphone.
“I started to tinker, didn't really go crazy, but then started to kind of progress,” he said. “I'm betting once a week and then now I'm betting twice a week. I'm not a scratch-off guy. I'm not a lotto ticket guy but you know, throwing a parlay together or betting on a couple of games, it's kind of like a cool way to play the lottery. Turn 10 bucks into a few 100 bucks turned 50 bucks into 1,000 bucks.
“I was doing it for fun. And then, I started to see my funds dwindle, and then I'm chasing losses, and I'm telling myself, I need to recoup these losses,” said Martin. “I’m a liar, I'm lying to my fiancé… I'm trying to cover my tracks…. and eventually you have mounted up a wall of debt that seems insurmountable.”
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